Timeline of Mongols prior to the Mongol Empire

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The Zubu and Shiwei in relation to the Khitans. Liao circuits.png
The Zubu and Shiwei in relation to the Khitans.

This is a timeline of Mongols prior to the Mongol Empire.

Contents

8th century

700s

YearDateEvent
700Chinese records mention a tribe called "Mengwu", probably pronounced "Mung-nguet" at the time, inhabiting Manchuria [1]

10th century

900s

YearDateEvent
908 Abaoji attacks the Shiwei [2]

920s

YearDateEvent
928 Khongirad rebels against the Liao dynasty in the north [3]

950s

YearDateEvent
950Chinese records mention a "Mengwu" tribe living in the grasslands west of the Greater Khingan and southeast of Lake Baikal [1]

960s

YearDateEvent
965 Khongirad and Shiwei tribes rebel against the Liao dynasty [4]

990s

YearDateEvent
997 Zubu Poosy rebel against the Liao dynasty [5]

11th century

1000s

YearDateEvent
1007 Zubu tribes rebel against the Liao dynasty [5]

1050s

YearDateEvent
1050 Khaidu, "the first to rule all the Mongols", is born [6]

1060s

YearDateEvent
1069 Zubu tribes rebel against the Liao dynasty [5]

1080s

YearDateEvent
1084"Mengwu" visit the Liao dynasty court [1]

12th century

1100s

YearDateEvent
1100 Khaidu dies [6]

1110s

YearDateEvent
1118 Zubu tribes rebel against the Liao dynasty [5]

1140s

YearDateEvent
1146 Khabul Khan of the Khamag Mongols, great-grandson of Khaidu, rebels against the Jin dynasty [7]

1160s

YearDateEvent
1160Conflict with the Jin dynasty reduces the Mongol tribes and the Borjigin clan to destitution [6]
1162 Temüjin is born in Delüün Boldog near Burkhan Khaldun to the Mongol chieftain Yesugei and Hoelun [8]

Genghis Khan's ancestors

Borte Chino (Grey Wolf) and his wife was Gua Maral (White Doe)

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